First gear lubrication on the new forum

The “challenging wank” call and having to eat the cup of whelks are absolute high points

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Carrot in a box is nothing short of brilliant

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8 out of 10 cats is Brilliant. Probably my favourite clip.

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These clips periodically appear in my social media feed, and I routinely rewatch them to rekindle my slowly dying sense of humour. One of the small mercies.

I started watching from series 1 last night.

Wife came out to ask what was soo funny, and if I could be quiet. It’s just soo good.

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The tiger who came in for a pint.

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If you like Joe Wilkinson and you like football, he has a podcast with Patrick Bamford of Leeds United called My Mates a Footballer which is fun more for the footballer insights than being outright hilarious.

Jon Richardson cameos in one as a basically pathetic Leeds fanboy, which reminds us that these hilarious witty guys all just wanted to be footballers like the rest of us.

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Packs a punch :joy::joy::joy:

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I have always wondered if Joe is putting on an act or whether he’s that daft in person. :joy:

Just having a really enjoyable weekend. Nothing bad about it.

Got home after a bin fire of a week of work on Friday, ice cold beers and a frozen pizza whilst watching Newcastle be Newcastle on the telly. Then 8(ish) hours of sleep. Pick up the kids, drive up to Umina for a family BBQ. Nice relaxing day, younger cousins looking after the kids whilst I kept an eye on them inbetween beers, made some plans for my grandparents house, kids slept well (first time I’ve had them overnight on my own away from my place).

Bacon and Egg Rolls for breakfast this morning, saw my Nan as well in the aged care centre. Not long enough, but was good to see her. Then a reletively easy drive home from about 1pm back to the in-laws, quick swim in the pool woth the kids, lots of throwing them in the air and catching them, race home, change now on the train into the ground ready for Sydney FC to play atrociously and put a dampner on the weekend.

Will be buggered tonight by the time I get home but overall the most enjoyable weekend I’ve probably had in 8 or 9 months.

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After about 2 years of searching, we finally bought a house! Used a buyers agent and I won’t lie it definitely simplified the process!

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What does the mother in law think of it?
:grin:

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thank god she hasn’t seen it hahaha

Poor customer service actually lubricates my gears today. Since the new IPad mini came out a few weeks ago I have been keen to pick 1 up. Today is the day so off I go in my lunch hour to the Apple Store to get one. Waited around for ages but nobody would serve me. No worries I’ll try the JB Hifi across the road in the strand. Same story, couldn’t get service even though they weren’t very busy. Third time lucky I will try the other JB on Pitt street. Still nobody wanted to take my money.

Walking back to the office I had a second thought, Do I really need the new Mini when I already have a bigger IPad? The answer I came up with was no, no I don’t.

Thank you shit service, you saved me 800 bucks!

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I walked past the Apple store at Bondi Junction a few years back, it was pretty early but the staff were all in there revving each other each up like a Branch Davidian cult doing some sort of motivational thing. Fucking freaks.

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Geniuses. All of them.

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I’ve never been in one of their cult stores. I just can’t.

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When I was 18, I took my ex-girfriends iPhone into their store in the CBD to get fixed. She had broken it, and she was at work, so being the good little boyfriend went a did her a solid.

I walk in, some nerdy looking Sheldon Cooper clone walks up to me, I tell him I need to get my GFs phone fixed, he asks me If I’ve booked an appointment. I tell him no, I’m just here to get my girlfriends phone fixed he tells me they can’t do that without an appointment. He then tells me there’s no appointments until the end of the week avaliable. He then trues to get me to buy a phone.

I walked out, caught a bus up to Chinatown, walk into a phone repair store, speak to an old Chinese bloke through a mixture of garbled broken English and pointing. 2 hours later he calls me to tell me the phone fixed and costs $25. I gave him $50 and told him to keep the chamge. Would have still be significantly cheaper than going through Apple anyway.

I’ve always been a Samsung/Android user. Can’t stand Apple products.

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I’m not calling Testament a liar, but the Apple anecdote is surprising. I always have the opposite experience at Hornsby or Chatswood - don’t think I’ve ever had a problem from 10-20 visits.

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This was the city store. Believe or don’t. It’s totally up to you